"Cannot make static reference in non-static method", even though all involved components are static

[stoic fjord]

Hi, I am getting the following error by eclipse, when I try to call the method "wait" from the class "Action": Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method wait(long) from the type Object (Relevant code attached)
The wait method used to be part of the Main class itself and i'm trying to change that. By creating the Action class, I have different utility functions like this one. To avoid having to call Action.wait() every time, I used a static import.

When I comment out the original wait() from Main, it tells me the above. I am confused, considering, that my wait() method takes an int and not a long. Does somebody know what I might be missing?

[loud oxide]

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[frigid dock]

Please clarify... If you run the code as is right now, what is the error?

I suspect that its trying to call the method wait() in the Object class 🤔
That might be taking priority above the static import

[stoic fjord]

My apologies, it appears the code itself runs as expected. The error I got from running earlier was from a different cause and I got these two things confused. Let me rephrase my question: What might cause my IDE to highlight it as an error in my code

[stoic fjord]

That might be the issue, do you know how to give it priority?

[sacred blaze]

Name it differently

[frigid dock]

No I don't. The only thing I can think of is rename the method

Yep or dont use static import

[stoic fjord]

If not using static import, what would be an appropriate way to do it?

[sacred blaze]

Action.wait(3000);

[stoic fjord]

alright, no way around it apparently. Thanks for the advice

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[sacred blaze]

Though fundamentally it's just bad practice to reuse an existing name

[stoic fjord]

Is there an existing wait method I can override? I just don't wanna call Thread.sleep() in a try catch clause all the time

[sacred blaze]

No, because it doesn't sleep. But you could name your method sleep

[stoic fjord]

And then use static import?

[sacred blaze]

sure

[stoic fjord]

Alright, thank you 👍